Over the past decade, the national communications agency in America, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), went through a period of significant regulatory transformation in the area of high-speed, broadband Internet regulation. This paper will describe some of the key elements and...

Price cap regulation uses a formula, set in advance, to determine the price increases for a firm's services for a period of several years. During this period, the firm may keep all the benefits of its incremental productivity gains. Customers can also benefit because the price cap formula may...

There is widespread concern in the telecommunications industry that public policy may be impeding the continued development of the Internet into a high-speed communications network. In the absence of ubiquitous, high-speed ¡°broadband¡± Internet connections for residential and small-business...